Toy figure



J. N. WHITEHOUSE.

TOY FIGURE. APPLICATION Fl LED JULY 11,1919- 1,351,455, PatntedAug.31,1920.

2 B ilzvuToR UNITED; srar JOH .1\T- WHITEnousn'onuEw YORK, n. Y, Assfernoa ro ELEKTRA T Y & NOVELTY G0,, or NEW YORK, e I p To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN N. WHITE- HOUSE, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at New York, in the county of New means for moving the arms is part of a sound-producing apparatus A further object is to attain the ends above set forth by means of a construction which is very simple and cheap to manufacture, effective in operation and very durable.

Other objects and aims of the invention, more or less broad than those stated above,

together with the advantages inherent. will.

be in part obvious and in part specifically referred to in the course ofthe following description of the elements, combinations,

arrangements of parts, and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope of protection contemplated will appear from the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as part of this specification, and

in which I have shown merely apreferred form of embodnnent of inventiom-Flgure 1 is a side elevation of a figure embodying the invention, "and Fig. 2 is an enlarged section taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1, with parts in elevation.

Referring to the numerals on the drawingrs, there is indicated at 4 a frame-piece, which may be cruciform and preferablyof wood, the head of the figure being set onto the top stem portion 3 of the frame, and

the lower stem portion of the frame carrying pivoted legs 5. At the frontof the lower stem portion there is secured an ordinary noise-producing device which is in the nature of a bellows 6, normally maintained in the expanded position of Fig. 1, and which when compressed to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 2 results in the figure toys and T0? FIGURE.

production of a squeaking noise. This sort Specification Dimes Patent. Pgw t d 1 0 31, ;1 2 Application filed July 11,1919. serialfuofieioioesr i of device is familiar inthe manufacture of toys and the details need not'be described.

Mounted on the cross-bar 7 of the frame is a preferably integral U-shaped strap-.8 of suitable resilient metal, with the arms of the U extending to the front as clearly shown in Fig. 2. These arms are given a set, so that they normally tend to maintain the full line position of Fig. 2 and they may be caused to move toward each other by means of flexible connections 9 extending from thetwo arms to the movable part 10 of the bellows 6, the effect being that when the bellows is compressed from the full line position to the dotted line position thereof, the arms 11 of the U member are moved from the full line position thereof in Fig. 2 to the dotted line position in the same figure. At the ends of these arms 11 will be secured suitable hand. pieces 12 to each of which may be secured cymbals 14,

the arms '11 are caused to move toward each 'so that when in the operation of the toy other there will be a clashing of the cy'mbals along with the squeak or-noise emitted from the bellows. The figure, including the arms and legs, will of course be suitably covered and dressed in any preferred 'way.

Inasmuch as many'changes could be made in the aboveconstruction, and many apparently widely.

different embodiments of r my 1nvent1on could be madewithoutdeparting from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above dc 7 scription or shown in the accompanying and not in a limiting sense.

drawing shall beinterpreted as illustrative It is also to be understood that the language usedr'in the following claims is intended to'cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

I claim 1. A figure toy having a cruciform frame,

a head carried on the upper stemportion of the frame, legs connected to the lower stem portion of the frame, a U-shaped strap of suitable resilient material secured to the cross bar of the frame with the arms of said strapf extending forwardly from the crossbar, cymbals secured to the endsof said arms and means connected to the frame and the arms for bringing the arms toward each other to actuate the cymbals.

2. A toy figure having a cruciform frame, a head carried on the upper stem port1on-- of the frame,'legs connected to thelower stem portion of the frame and spring arms extending forwardly from the cross-bar of the frame normally biased to maintain a 10 position separated from each other but I bendable toward each other, a noise-produc mg devlce lncludmg a bellows secured on the lower stem portion of the frame and flexible connections from the movable 'wall ture.

JOHN N. WHITEH USE. 

